Cover of 507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices

507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices

Epicyclic trains, oblique rollers, trip hammers, and lazy-tongs are among the ingenious mechanisms defined and illustrated in this intriguing collection. Spanning the first century of the Industrial Revolution, this 1868 compilation features simplified, concise illustrations of the mechanisms used in hydraulics, steam engines, pneumatics, presses, horologes, and scores of other machines.

Read more

The movements of each of the 507 mechanisms are depicted in drawings on the left-hand page, and the facing page presents a brief description of the item's use and operation. Ranging from simple to intricately complex, the mechanisms offer a fascinating view of the variety of small components that constitute complex machinery. A detailed index provides easy reference to specific mechanisms.

Inventors, tinkerers, and anyone with an interest in the history of invention and technology will find this volume a treasury of information and inspiration.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 96 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked 507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked 507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Basic Machines and How They Work Shares engineering, science, nonfiction
  2. The Military Institutions of the Romans Shares nonfiction
  3. Think Like an Engineer Shares engineering, nonfiction, science
  4. The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters Shares nonfiction

“People who read 507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Life of Tom Horn: Government Scout and Interpreter
  2. A Rifleman Went to War
  3. Fighting the Flying Circus: The Greatest True Air Adventure to Come out of World War I
  4. Making It: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design

“If you want more of the same (science), start with these.”

  1. Brian Greene: The Kindle Singles Interview
  2. Fly: The Unsung Hero of Twentieth-Century Science
  3. Foundations of Astronomy [with AceAstronomy & Virtual Astronomy Labs Access Code]
  4. Data Mining With R: Learning By Case Studies

“If it was the engineering that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Engineering and the Mind's Eye
  2. To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
  3. Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering
  4. Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Small Ghost
  2. Making Things Move: DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists
  3. Drawing the Head and Figure
  4. 1001 Inventions That Changed the World